Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.
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Philip Carey
- Wade Harper
- (as Phil Carey)
Bill Catching
- Anderson
- (uncredited)
Cecil Combs
- Trooper
- (uncredited)
Frank Fenton
- Army Captain
- (uncredited)
Bernie Gozier
- Warrior
- (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
- Trooper
- (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
- Sgt. Phillips
- (uncredited)
Guy Teague
- Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Glenn Thompson
- Trooper
- (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
- Medicine Man
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFort Kearny, where the 1st Nebraska Cavalry troops are stationed in the movie, was an actual U.S. army post located on the south bank of the Platte River. It is inactive, but still stands and is a Nebraska state historical park. A half-mile to the east is Fort Kearny State Recreation Area, which contains a small lake and numerous camping sites.
- GoofsA motor, likely a generator, is audible during the dialogue of several scenes and is particularly noticeable at six minutes into the film. Motors could not have been a natural background noise in Nebraska during the 1860's.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pushover (1954)
Featured review
The Nebraskan
Whilst the Civil war is over there is trouble brewing in the state of Nebraska as Chief Thundercloud has been murdered and the last man seen leaving his tent was Indian scout Wingfoot (Maurice Jara) who Wade Harper (Philip Carey) escorts back to Fort Carney as he believes he is innocent despite Spotted Bear (Jay Silverheels) and his Sioux warriors chasing them across open country. But Wingfoot escapes the fort when under arrest Private Reno Benton (Lee Van Cleef) murders the guard and forces Wingfoot to leave with him. With Harper and a small troop following their trail things don't go to plan as whilst Harper catches up with Reno and Wingfoot he also catches up to his ex, Mrs. Paris Elliott (Roberta Haynes) who has recently married Ace (Richard Webb) and this small group end up pinned down at Mac McBride's (Wallace Ford) outpost by Spotted Bear and his warriors.
Yes, there's some dodgy looking papier-mâché mache rocks moving during a skirmish, stock footages, a bullet sound occurring seconds after a guy falls off his horse, and a very routine story with familiar situations, but this is lower down the production line, after all, and these things are expected. Yet I fairly enjoyed this. The 3-D wasn't bad.
The Nebraskan" is just a standard cowboys and Indians western from the 50s where a mixed group of people end up under siege from warring Native Americans. It's actually far from dull, and fills in those 68 minutes quite well. Plus it's got some good action, a slimy villain in Lee Van Cleef, a stoic yet solid turn from Phil Carey as the hero, and a shady performance by Jay Silverheels. It lacks some tension, though, but it still fun for such a short time. For all it's familiar tropes of the genre, the cavalry don't come riding to save the day.
Yes, there's some dodgy looking papier-mâché mache rocks moving during a skirmish, stock footages, a bullet sound occurring seconds after a guy falls off his horse, and a very routine story with familiar situations, but this is lower down the production line, after all, and these things are expected. Yet I fairly enjoyed this. The 3-D wasn't bad.
The Nebraskan" is just a standard cowboys and Indians western from the 50s where a mixed group of people end up under siege from warring Native Americans. It's actually far from dull, and fills in those 68 minutes quite well. Plus it's got some good action, a slimy villain in Lee Van Cleef, a stoic yet solid turn from Phil Carey as the hero, and a shady performance by Jay Silverheels. It lacks some tension, though, but it still fun for such a short time. For all it's familiar tropes of the genre, the cavalry don't come riding to save the day.
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- coltras35
- Apr 4, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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